Running startup scripts in windows xp

You can schedule a task to run on startup. For a GUI, run taskschd. To manage scheduled tasks from the command prompt, use schtasks. This program will allow you to create, delete, and run scheduled tasks. You can get help about the commands by running one of the following:. Remember to run an administrator command prompt for these commands. Example for creating a script to launch on startup as local user on login:.

Any ideas if this "running startup scripts" is a normal operation. Thanks Tried to include hihack log, but techspot said that I exceeded txt limits. Do you or have you, had to logon to a Domain Controller server at work or somewhere?

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Replies 11 Views Aug 1, Broni. They run, the script runs, there's nothing wrong with running the script. The problem is, windows should show "Running Startup Scripts" while the script runs. The script tapes 5 minutes to run, the default script timeout is 10 minutes. For 5 minutes I should see "Running Startup Scripts". Problem is the script runs in the background and then shows the logon screen.

Normally it won't show the logon screen until the script has finished running. In my first post I said: "I have tried configuring all the asynchronous settings and wait times etc, but it doesn't even show up, not even for a split second. I have created, deployed and worked with startup scripts for many years and have never faced this issue.

Saturday, February 20, AM. What was the solution. I am having the same problem. Is it OK to have the gpupdate command in a shutdown scripts?

Friday, July 29, AM. Sorry, I meant Logon screen control-alt-del screen. Monday, August 1, PM. This answer really helped me for Windows XP but didn't work for Windows 7, have you any idea? Wednesday, February 8, PM.